MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS
Thursday, March 1, 2001
1:00 p.m. or upon adjournment
Capitol Extension, Room E1.028
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on State Affairs
was held on Thursday, March 1, 2001, in the Capitol Extension,
Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Carlos Truan
Senator Kenneth Armbrister Senator Chris Harris
Senator John Carona
Senator Troy Fraser
Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr.
Senator Frank Madla
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
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The chair called the meeting to order at 1:24 p.m. The
following business was transacted:
At 1:24 p.m. Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.
The chair laid out SB6 and recognized the author, Senator
Shapiro, to explain the bill.
Senator Shapiro sent up a committee substitute; the chair
recognized Senator Shapiro to explain the difference between the
committee substitute and the bill as filed.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
At 1:40 p.m. Senator Armbrister assumed the chair.
The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without
objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Shapleigh sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved
adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator
Shapleigh sent up Committee Amendment 2 and moved adoption;
without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator Shapiro
sent up Committee Amendment 3 and moved adoption; without
objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator Shapiro sent up
Committee Amendment 4 and moved adoption; without objection, the
amendment was adopted. Senator Shapiro sent up Committee
Amendment 5 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment
was adopted. Senator Shapiro sent up Committee Amendment 6 and
moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.
Senator Shapiro sent up Committee Amendment 7 and moved
adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator
Shapiro sent up Committee Amendment 8 and moved adoption;
without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator Shapiro
sent up Committee Amendment 9 and moved adoption; without
objection, the amendment was adopted.
Senator Madla requested unanimous consent to incorporate
amendments into the committee substitute; without objection, it
was so ordered. Senator Shapiro then moved that the new
committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so
ordered.
Senator Shapiro moved that SB6 do not pass but that CSSB6 be
reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 6
ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.
At 2:58 p.m. Senator Shapiro resumed the chair.
There being no further business, at 2:59 p.m. Senator Shapiro
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Florence Shapiro, Chair Cindy S.
Hodges,
Clerk